Portable device for pasting wallpaper



F. L. LOWERY PORTABLE DEVICE FOR PASTING WALLPAPER April 27, 1948.

FiledMarch l, 1946 FIG. 2.

INYVENTOR Patented Apr. 27, 1948 UNITED ron'rserln DEVICE non rAsrrNG WALLPAPER 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a portable device for pasting wall paper, wherein the paste is applied to the back of the paper by pulling the said paper manually through the device.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide a device of this character which is posi tive in action, simple and inexpensive in construction; new, novel and easily manipulated; which is strong, durable, reliable and of evident utility; which has nothing to get out of order and is efiicient for the purposes for which it is intended; to provide a portable device for smoothly, evenly and thoroughly pasting the wall paper as fast as the said paper is drawn through the contrivance; to provide a trough, adjustable in length for different widths of paper; to provide a pair of rollers for applying and spreading the paste; to provide a unitary paste tank, bead roll and paper trough.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists of the construction, novel features and combination of parts herein more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying onesheet drawing and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. Various changes in the form, proportion, size, shape, weight and minor details of construction, within the scope of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or broad principle of my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device; Fig. 2 is a section thereof.

Like reference numbers both figures.

One embodiment of my invention is shown as follows: The supporting sheet metal frame I and enclosing ends 2 sustain the interior members. The paper trough 3 is the container for the roll of wall paper 4. The said trough 3 has an integral stifiening and supporting flange 5. At one end of the said paper trough 3, I provide a movable bafiie plate 6 to adjust the length dimension of the said trough to different widths of wall paper. Bolts 1 secure the baflle plate 6 in any desired position. The tank 8 is the container for paste or adhesive. At 9 I provide a bead or roll over which the wall paper 4 is drawn to remove any kinks or wrinkles. The paper moves in the direction indicated by the arrow II.

The lower roller I3 is partly immersed in the paste in tank 8 and is the means for applying the paste to the back of the wall paper 4. The upper roller I4 acts as a squeegee, and spreads refer to like parts in the paste evenly and uniformly over the paper. Guide bar I5 is positioned in near contact with bead 9 formed in a roll between trough 3 and paste tank 8. The said bar I 5 acts as a brake on the unrolling paper 4 and holds and directs the unruly last part of the said roll 4 so as to pass between rollers I3 and I4 out of bounds.

without getting The said guide bar I5 is hingedly secured at one end in bracket I6 and may be swung to one side as shown by the arrow and dotted fragment in Fig. 1. The free end of the said guide bar I5 may be secured in place by any suitable means such as a friction catch, or the like.

The lower pasting roller I 3 is provided with an axle and revolves in bearing I! attached to the inside of enclosing ends 2. The upper squeegee roller I4 revolves at one end of hinged strap bearings IS. The other ends of the said strap bearings I8 are pivoted to the outside of enclosing ends 2 at I9. This arrangement permits the said roller I4 to be swung out of contact with pasting roller I3 and away from paste tank 3 as shown by arrows and dotted fragment in Fig. 1.

Positive contact between rollers I3. and I4 is secured by means of tension springs 20, adjusting screws 2| and thumb nuts 22 as can readily be seen in Fig. 1. Brackets 23 attached to end members 2 are provided with open slots 24 so that the said thumb nuts 22 and adjusting screws 2| can be instantly disconnected from brackets 23 when it is desired to position the roller I4 out of contact with roller I3.

In using my invention, the roll of wall paper is placed in trough 3, it is partly unrolled, passed over bead 9 whereupon guide bar I5 is swung into contacting position. The unrolling strip is pulled in the direction indicated by the arrow I I until end of said strip is past the center of roller I3. Roller I4 is swung into position contacting the said strip, thumb nuts 22 are seated under brackets 23 and adjusted to give proper tension in springs 20. The strip of wall paper is drawn around roller I4 and in the direction shown by arrow I2 to the trimming and cutting table Where the edges are trimmed and the strip is cut to the right length for applying to walls and ceiling of the room being papered. The stiffening and supporting flange 5 rests on one end of the trimming table which is not shown as it forms no part of this invention. The pasting roller I3 picks up paste from tank 8 and applies the paste automatically to the backof the wall paper as fast as the strip is pulled through the tank 8, bead 9, trough 3 and flange. 5 are all The.

formed from a single strip of sheet metal. end pieces 2 and bafile plate 6 are. separate pieces.

The rollers may be made of? wood; plastic or other suitable material. Any appropriate. sheet.

metal such as tin, galvanized iron, aluminum or the like, constitutes themajor part of my portable device and this assures its lightweight.- As canzbe seen from. the foregoing. have" produced alight, inexpensive, efficient, portable devicefor saving time and labor in applying wall paper.

Having: thus fully described inwention, what: I:- claim new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a portabledevice" forpastingwall papet, aunitary sheet metal-supporting frame, support-- ing flangepapertrough, bead rolland pastectank, and enclosing: members for: the aforesaidrpar ts and a movable ba'fiie' plate. for the: said paper trough to adjust its" length for clifferentwidths of paper.

2.121. a device or the class described", a uriitary' sl-Ie'et metal supporting fr-am'e, supporting flange; papertrough, bead; rolland pastetank, end enclosing members: for the: aforesaid parts, amovable' baflle plate for the said paper trough toadjust its length for different-widths of paper; a=-hiriged guid'ebar mounted adja cent the said-beadrollto act as -a brake and-controlling rheansior; the unrlollin'g paper; a pasting roller adapted for seating in the: said paste tank; an axle for the said pasting roller and bearingsior the: same; asquezingand-paste spreading roller for seating above and contacting the first named roller and tension means on the second named roller for controlling the film of paste being applied to the paper passing between the said two rollers.

3. In a portable pasting device, the combination of a unitary sheet metal supporting frame,

supporting flange, paper trough, bead roll and paste tank; and enclosing members for the aforesaid parts; a movable baffle plate for limiting the length of the said paper trough; a hinged guide bar mounted adjacent the said head roll acting; asa brake and controlling means for the unrolling paper; a pasting roller for seating in the said paste tank and applying paste to the back of the paper; axle and bearing means within the said; endv enclosing members for the said pasting roller; a squeezing and paste spreading route for operating in. coaction with the said pasting roller; adjustable tension means for said squeezing and: spreading roller for controlling the fil'mp'f pastebeingapplied to the paper passingrbetween the twosaid rollers axle and hinged strap bearingsfor the said paste spreading roller without the: said end; enclosing members, pivot means on the said: strap bearings whereby the said: paste spreading roller canv be revolved out of contact with the pasting roller; and slotted brackets: on: the; outside of the said: end enclos ing members adaptediforseating: andquickly unseatin'g; the said adjustable" tension meanswhen the said: spreading roller is revolved into 'in operative position;

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